(Sorry, we get defensive over here, because we hear the way the rest of you guys talk about us.)

So yeah, we carry that chip sometimes. Hard not to when you drive through East Hill and East Pensacola Heights and see public schools that look like palaces and then drive by schools in Warrington that look like institutions of a different type — not educational institutions. Maybe some kids deserve better educational possibilities and resources than others, what do I know? (And, if it's not bad enough that they have to have better schools over there, they even have to have better Taco Bells than the rest of us. Not snobby at all. Next thing they'll ask for is toilet butlers for their fast-food bathrooms.)

Yeah, get over it Troy. Life's not fair.

Besides, we have cool stuff over here too. Stuff that you can't find anywhere else in Escambia County. And not just First Tee of Northwest Florida's Goofy Golf, which celebrated its one-year re-opening anniversary Wednesday.

No, this blue-collar community has plenty to offer, some hidden, some known only to locals. It's a community of neighborhoods and waterfront areas and trails and swamps and streams that will make you forget you're far away from the big-time bustle.

Sure, I have my favorite spots: Devil's Hill in my Aero Vista neighborhood, a slight hill that terrified us long-haired skateboarders back in the day. But now, I see it and it barely seems an incline. Sure seemed scary when you're a kid on a clay-wheeled skateboard. But if you put your car in neutral on the slightly sloped road, you'd probably still need to give it a push to go downhill.

Goofy Golf at Warrington.(Photo: UWF Historic Trust)

And I love to take Lily to the water at park at the end of Devil's Hill and let her swim with the dolphins. (Yes, sometimes there are dolphins in Bayou Chico. Just regular dolphins, though. They don't wear tutus and sing opera like those fancy dolphins over in Bayou Texar.)

You're getting defensive again Troy. Just get on with it.

Here are five more awesome things about Warrington for you to check out next time you're slumming:

• Blue Angels at Navy Point. Yes, you could mess with all that traffic and go watch the Blue Angels practice at Pensacola Naval Air Station. Of course, you can't use the main gate anymore, so you'll have to drive even further yonder-west to the back gate. Then, security checks, etc. Blue Angel practice drives are where "Are we there yet?" was invented.

Navy Point logo is the same from the old Navy Point Stores of decades past.(Photo: Special to the News Journal)

But here's a secret. You can go over to one of the westside's most awesome neighborhoods, Navy Point, and sit out by the water in your beach chair — instead of by the flight line — and watch the Blues practice at NAS across from Bayou Grande, which separates the Navy Point from the Navy base. No, you won't be quite as close, but it's not like the Blue Angels are flying little drones that just circle over the flight line. Plus, there's water to jump into!

• Antiques on the Boulevard. The awesome odds and ends of Antiques on the Boulevard offers a stretch of Navy Boulevard filled with antique shops, funky resale places, and even "Odd Art Sales Here." Everyone from pickers to hipsters can find a treasure of old-timey items, ranging from European furniture to antique jewelry to 100-year-old books, and even Golden Girls prayer candles. (The latter would be from Nearly Dead Threads, nestled next to the massive Blue Moon Antique Mall.)

• Warrington sweets. Yes, I know Bubba's Sweet Spot is the popular place to go for vintage candies and homemade fudge. And, true, the sweet couple who own Remember When Sweet Shop have zero Masters wins between them compared to Bubba Watson's two, but I don't know how that equates into fudge-making efficiency. Unless, there are people out there who go, "Wow, did you see how hard Bubba hit the ball on 15? You know with a swing like that he's got to make good fudge." Now, I'm craving some root beer fudge from Remember When Sweet Shop. And some Necco Wafers.

• Jones Swamp Wetland Preserve. Jones Swamp and Jones Creek cuts across Warrington, beginning at Lexinton Terrace on Old Corry Field Road, then right behind Pensacola State College's Warrington campus, then meanders westward through miles of trails and a 1,300-acre protected preserve. I've taken Lily there many times to get away from it all, and it works wonders walking through nature's pure beauty. It's also a favorite spot for the Florida Trail Association Western Gate hikers.

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Members of the Western Gate Chapter of the Florida Trail Association hiking though the Jones Swamp Nature Preserve.(Photo: John Blackie/jblackie@pnj.com)

• Native American history. In a quiet neighborhood off Gulf Beach Highway, there's a small back road that is called Beloved Path Way. At the end of the road, hidden away in the Jones Creek area, you'll find amid oaks and pines and small lakes and nature trails, the Perdido Bay Tribe Heritage Museum, featuring hundreds of artifacts such as arrowheads, Native American musical instruments, clothing and, get this, what might be the world's biggest spiral dream catcher.

Chief Robert Johns CedarBear, CEO of the Perdido Bay Tribe of the Southeastern Lower Muscogee Creek Indians, made the three-dimensional dream catcher over a three-month period using trampoline frames and other materials. It's 14 feet in diameter and stands outside the tucked-away museum. He's working with the Guinness Book of World Records officials to have it certified, but said that the Guinness folks have preliminary identified it as the world's largest spiral dream catcher.

"We've been seeing a lot more people this year,'' Chief CedarBear said. "But still a lot of people don't know we're here."

It's the same with a lot of Warrington. You might think of it as one way. You might think you know it. But go down little roads, little beloved paths, and you'll find big dreams, big personalities, normal dolphins, and regular Taco Bells. We wouldn't have it any other way.